AMD Radeon RX 6700S vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6700S and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 6700S

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6700S

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Around 13% higher boost clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 224.0 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 170 Watt

Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed	1700 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Boost clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Texture fill rate	224.0 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 170 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

2x more pipelines: 3584 vs 1792
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 733
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17107 vs 14879
Around 41% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 88325 vs 62519
Around 12% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 8756 vs 7823

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	3584 vs 1792
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	971 vs 733
PassMark - G3D Mark	17107 vs 14879
Geekbench - OpenCL	88325 vs 62519
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8756 vs 7823

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6700S
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

733

971

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

14879

17107

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

62519

88325

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

7823

8756

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6700S	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
PassMark - G2D Mark	733	971
PassMark - G3D Mark	14879	17107
Geekbench - OpenCL	62519	88325
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7823	8756
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		304.563
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		4024.711
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		28.79
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		187.542
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1141.654
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3356

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6700S	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 23	GA106
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating	123	127
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2000 MHz	1777 MHz
Compute units	28
Core clock speed	1700 MHz	1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	448.0 GFLOPS (1:16)	199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	14.34 TFLOPS (2:1)	12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.168 TFLOPS	12.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1792	3584
Pixel fill rate	128.0 GPixel/s	85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	224.0 GTexel/s	199.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	170 Watt
Transistor count	11060 million	13250 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 12-pin
Length		242 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)		450 Watt
Width		112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	2.1	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	360 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6